benefitsCONNECT® Announces New VP

Online, July 22, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Elk Grove, CA, July 22, 2010 - benefitsCONNECT® announced today that Mrs. Ja'Nene Kane has been promoted to Vice President of Sales and Operations. Implementation, customer service, training, and support now report to Mrs. Kane.

As Vice President of Sales and Operations, Mrs. Kane will be responsible for managing the sales and marketing of benefitsCONNECT® software and services. She is developing a strategy to create stronger brand awareness in the marketplace as well as foster carrier and broker relationships. On the Operations side, she is responsible for developing a strong implementation team while maintaining high customer service standards. Streamlining the benefitsCONNECT® customer service department will be her first initiative to better assist with client needs as well as overall project management. "I look forward to taking benefitsCONNECT® to the next level through developing stronger carrier relationships with brokers and creating an industry based on technological efficiencies and high service standards. With a 98.4 % group persistency, benefitsCONNECT® continues to deliver the industry's leading broker software solutions with a strong dedication to customer service," says Mrs. Kane

Mrs. Kane has worked for benefitsCONNECT® for almost five years, leading the EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) team, assisting in the accounting department, and facilitating partnerships with carriers such as Colonial Life, HSA Bank, ING, and Unum. She has served as the Director of Sales and Marketing for the past two years as a professional resource for benefits enrollment and administration technology for hundreds of brokers and carriers across the nation. "Her strong commitment to exceptional service will ensure continued success for all benefitsCONNECT® customers," says Troy Underwood, CEO of benefitsCONNECT®. Mrs. Kane has a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Long Beach State.

About Transcend Technologies Group, Inc.

Founded in 2001, Transcend Technologies Group, Inc. (dba benefitsCONNECT®) is a privately held company that specializes in Internet-based software applications for the health insurance and benefits industry. Transcend licenses benefitsCONNECT® for online enrollment and benefitsCONNECT® agencyMANAGER for benefits administration, and has established clients in 43 states who entrust their book of business to benefitsCONNECT® products. For additional information, visit www.benefitsCONNECT.net, or contact Sales at 916-421-4000 or [email protected].